Alto Ingredients (ALTO) Competitors $0.89 -0.01 (-1.20%) As of 12:05 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock ALTO vs. ARQ, ZTEK, VGAS, TSE, ADUR, ORGN, BLGO, AMTX, CBUS, and LODEShould you be buying Alto Ingredients stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alto Ingredients include ARQ (ARQ), Zentek (ZTEK), Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS), Trinseo (TSE), Aduro Clean Technologies (ADUR), Origin Materials (ORGN), BioLargo (BLGO), Aemetis (AMTX), Cibus (CBUS), and Comstock (LODE). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry. Alto Ingredients vs. ARQ Zentek Verde Clean Fuels Trinseo Aduro Clean Technologies Origin Materials BioLargo Aemetis Cibus Comstock ARQ (NASDAQ:ARQ) and Alto Ingredients (NASDAQ:ALTO) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and earnings. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARQ or ALTO? Alto Ingredients received 8 more outperform votes than ARQ when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave ARQ an outperform vote while only 40.74% of users gave Alto Ingredients an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformARQOutperform Votes375.00% Underperform Votes125.00% Alto IngredientsOutperform Votes1140.74% Underperform Votes1659.26% Is ARQ or ALTO more profitable? ARQ has a net margin of -0.44% compared to Alto Ingredients' net margin of -3.61%. ARQ's return on equity of -0.25% beat Alto Ingredients' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets ARQ-0.44% -0.25% -0.19% Alto Ingredients -3.61%-11.22%-6.96% Which has higher valuation & earnings, ARQ or ALTO? ARQ has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alto Ingredients. ARQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alto Ingredients, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioARQ$108.96M1.47-$12.25M-$0.14-27.08Alto Ingredients$965.26M0.07-$28M-$0.83-1.08 Which has more volatility and risk, ARQ or ALTO? ARQ has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alto Ingredients has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts prefer ARQ or ALTO? ARQ currently has a consensus target price of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 150.59%. Alto Ingredients has a consensus target price of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 511.11%. Given Alto Ingredients' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alto Ingredients is more favorable than ARQ.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score ARQ 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Alto Ingredients 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Does the media prefer ARQ or ALTO? In the previous week, ARQ had 1 more articles in the media than Alto Ingredients. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ARQ and 5 mentions for Alto Ingredients. ARQ's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Alto Ingredients' score of 0.47 indicating that ARQ is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment ARQ 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Alto Ingredients 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ARQ or ALTO? 18.5% of ARQ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. 26.9% of ARQ shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryARQ beats Alto Ingredients on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Alto Ingredients News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ALTO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ALTO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAlto IngredientsIndustrial organic chemicals IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$70.87M$2.30B$7.48B$7.82BDividend YieldN/A3.98%3.39%4.22%P/E Ratio-1.7817.6616.4018.48Price / Sales0.0712.277.35103.60Price / Cash37.1123.6216.4234.62Price / Book0.241.424.394.25Net Income-$28M-$13.99M$260.40M$248.23M7 Day Performance1.12%-0.81%1.54%0.89%1 Month Performance-19.64%-3.75%-1.99%3.53%1 Year Performance-51.61%-29.06%-2.28%5.09% Alto Ingredients Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ALTOAlto Ingredients3.1825 of 5 stars$0.89-1.2%$5.50+517.3%-52.3%$68.80M$965.26M-1.73420Upcoming EarningsNews CoverageGap UpARQARQ3.5527 of 5 stars$3.68+0.8%$9.50+158.2%-51.2%$155.35M$108.96M-368.00140Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↓News CoverageZTEKZentek0.7351 of 5 stars$1.47+14.0%N/A+59.6%$153.46M$64,656.00-21.0024High Trading VolumeVGASVerde Clean Fuels0.1664 of 5 stars$3.40-2.6%N/A-31.2%$151.47MN/A-6.802Positive NewsGap DownTSETrinseo2.0877 of 5 stars$4.05+3.3%N/A+52.2%$143.70M$3.51B-0.413,400Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↓News CoverageADURAduro Clean TechnologiesN/A$4.46+3.5%$50.00+1,021.1%N/A$126.83M$258,792.000.00N/ALockup ExpirationNews CoveragePositive NewsORGNOrigin Materials2.4759 of 5 stars$0.74-2.9%$1.50+103.8%-12.7%$109.93M$31.28M-1.29160Short Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsGap UpBLGOBioLargoN/A$0.24+0.8%N/A-32.4%$71.82M$12.23M-23.8330Gap UpAMTXAemetis1.498 of 5 stars$1.28-5.2%$14.56+1,037.7%-67.7%$68.25M$267.64M-0.57160Upcoming EarningsCBUSCibus2.466 of 5 stars$2.00+3.6%$22.17+1,008.3%-87.4%$65.70M$4.26M-0.0948Upcoming EarningsNews CoverageGap UpLODEComstock1.0822 of 5 stars$2.22-2.2%$26.00+1,071.2%-15.3%$59.73M$3.02M-18.5030Gap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ARQ Competitors Zentek Competitors Verde Clean Fuels Competitors Trinseo Competitors Aduro Clean Technologies Competitors Origin Materials Competitors BioLargo Competitors Aemetis Competitors Cibus Competitors Comstock Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:ALTO) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHow to invest in Elon Musk’s Optimus before its launchElon Musk is set to completely take over the AI industry with Optimus… A breakthrough AI-powered robot that El...InvestorPlace | SponsoredElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | SponsoredThis Is How Empires FallThe headlines scream tariffs and export bans — but the real damage is happening in retirement portfolios. 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